STM Shipping & Receiving Roof Replacement, NREL Tracking No. 15-013 Award Number: DE-AC36-08GO28308 CX(s) Applied: DOE/EA-1968 National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Date: 04/14/15 Location(s): CO Office(s): Golden Field Office
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April 14, 2015
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STM Shipping & Receiving Roof Replacement, NREL Tracking No. 15-013
Award Number: DE-AC36-08GO28308
CX(s) Applied: DOE/EA-1968
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Date: 04/14/2015
Location(s): CO
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes the replacement of the roof of the Shipping & Receiving Building at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) South Table Mountain (STM) campus located in Golden, Colorado.
The proposed project would include replacing 12,500 square feet of existing roofing membrane of the Shipping & Receiving Building with a new EPDM roofing material, installing handrails around the edge of the main roof and around the edge of the elevated roof above the office section of the building for fall protection, and installing nine solar tubes in the roof for daylighting purposes. EPDM is an elastomeric compound that is manufactured from ethylene, propylene, and a small amount of diene monomer, and exhibits a high degree of ozone, ultraviolet, weathering and abrasion resistance, and outstanding low temperature flexibility. The project would result in increased fall protection, less thermal gain from the roof surface because new roof surface would be white, and incorporate more daylighting in the building to reduce electricity consumption for lighting. Therefore, this proposed project would also help NREL meet its sustainable building goals. More details on the proposed project are included in the Scope of Work and drawings uploaded to the PMC database.